Chapter 9

Suddenly, fury flashed in Marcus’ eyes. “That damn thing hides the scent of your blood from the Vampires.” He stood up. “I will get straight to the point, human. My team needs your help to win against the Alcanders. But if you say ‘no’ to me, then I wouldn’t mind losing a rare human like you if I wouldn’t be able to use you in the end.”

“Against the Alcanders? Are you talking about the same Alcanders that I know? But why? They are good people!”

“They’ve been really keeping you in the dark all these time, huh? After spending so much time with your family and with your precious best friend, you still don’t know anything about who they really are. You still don’t know what they are capable of, especially that fucking Blake Alcander!” Marcus’ expression hardened. I trembled when he suddenly placed his hand on my throat. He lifted me with just one hand. “That son of a bitch killed my brother and my friends. And he stole the only woman that I have ever loved only to kill her after he got what he wanted from her!”

“You must be mistaken! Blake would never do that!” I tried to reason out even if I found it hard to breathe. I may have misjudged many people in my life just like Luke and Jackson. And Marcus, too, but I was sure about one thing. I was sure about one person. And it was my best friend. Blake had the gentlest heart I have ever known. I have never even seen him mad in the past. Someone like him could never kill people.

And as for stealing women, Blake would never do that. Women willingly throw themselves to him. He never needed to steal one. The people around him could testify that. “I-I am sure that this is all just a misunderstanding and-“

“Do you see this scar?” I was panting when Marcus finally put me down although his hand remained on my neck. He lifted his shirt to show me his chest. I saw a long scar from his left shoulder down to his navel.

“This scar is because of your best friend!” he snarled. He was so furious that I could see the veins pulsing in his neck. “At first, I also could not believe that Blake could hurt one of his Clan members. But I saw it with my own two eyes. He gave me a firsthand experience of his sword. I almost died four years ago when that asshole attacked us in our mansion. I would have died if only my friend did not sacrifice his life to help me escape. Believe it or not but between the two of us, Blake is the real devil. He had mercilessly killed countless of Vampires. And guess what? They were all Non Rogues.

“I begged him so many times to spare my brother’s life but he did not listen! You know what’s worse? The Sire knew all about his only son’s crimes but he kept his mouth shut! Blake has been fooling everyone around him. You all need to wake up and stop your illusions about him because he is not who you think he is! That cold-blooded beast is the Prince of all the Night Creatures!”